Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail server and calendaring server developed by Microsoft. It runs exclusively on Windows Server operating systems.

Exchange Server is licensed both in the forms of on-premises software and software as a service. In the on-premises form, customer purchase client access licenses (CALs). In the software as a service form, the client pays a monthly fee to use the service.

Microsoft Exchange Server Features

Smarter inbox

Exchange 2016 helps you get more done through faster search and an inbox that is more personalized, more helpful, and more intelligent.

Simplified architecture

A simplified architecture, originally forged in the cloud, combines the mailbox and client access roles, so it’s easier to plan and scale your deployments. Streamlined coexistence with Exchange 2013 means easier upgrading.

With its new approach to attachments that eliminates versioning headaches, plus other enhancements, Exchange Server 2016 makes working together on documents easier.

Mobile productivity

Exchange Server 2016 powers the latest Outlook experiences on phones, tablets, desktops, and the web so you can get more done, wherever you are.

Remain in control

Exchange lets you tailor your solution based on your unique needs and ensures that your communications are always available, while you remain in control. Move to the cloud overnight, deploy on-premises, or manage a hybrid deployment with mailboxes that are both online and on-premises. Manage powerful capabilities, including data loss prevention and Office 365 Groups Tooltip with requirements for Office 365 Groups, from the easy-to-use, web-based Exchange admin center.

Role-based access helps you manage Exchange efficiently and delegate tasks. With Exchange archiving, large mailboxes, and retention policies, your users can keep important data in one place and you can take control of your storage and compliance demands.

Do more on any device

Exchange helps you be more productive by helping you manage increasing volumes of communications across multiple devices and work together more effectively as teams. With an inbox that focuses on the relevant and important messages and sets up rules that match how you work, you can get more done, faster.

Simplify and enhance collaboration with Office 365 Groups Tooltip with requirements for Office 365 Groups, which connects people, information and the tools you need to help you get more done together. With a group inbox, calendar, and conversation, your teams can self-organize and keep work moving forward.

Sharing files with the group is easy with OneDrive for Business—you can coauthor in real time and when a file is updated, all team members are automatically informed.

Access content, conversations, tasks, or schedules from your devices, using the Outlook app for iOS and Android or Outlook on the web.

Your compliance officers can run In-Place eDiscovery across Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business from the eDiscovery Center Tooltip with availability of eDiscovery in select Office 365 plans to identify, hold, and analyze your organization's data.

The data always remains in place, so you never have to manage a separate store of data.

CISI Kenya Virtualized Private Cloud Hosting Solution service has been specially constructed to provide a high performance, secure and scalable environment for the hosting of virtual machines within purpose built data centre facilities.

CISI Kenya uses verified and trusted data centers in Kenya, throughout Africa, United Kingdom and The United States.

Customers wanting to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization are now able to do so, supported by a dedicated team of engineers maintaining an enterprise-server hardware platform coupled with the latest virtualization technologies.

Virtualized private hosting refers to a hosting service in which client servers reside upon a hardware infrastructure as virtual machines.

Virtualized private Hosting options include a range of hardware configurations from entry level to high-performance virtual machines, preference of Operating System, comprehensive monitoring, backups and support are available.

CISI Kenya Virtualized Private Cloud Hosting Solution Features

Automated High Availability and Performance Optimization.

Secure hosting platform

RAID protected SAN Storage.

High Scalability.

24x7 Monitoring and Support.

Hardware Monitoring.

Outsourced Firewall and MPLS / VPN connectivity is available.

CISI Kenya Virtualized Private Cloud Hosting Solution Advantages

Quick Provisioning of virtual machines.

Cost Effective & Upgradeable Solution.

Wide Range of Peripheral Services.

Green IT Initiative (with up to 95% power savings).

Direct Connectivity to the internet.

Largest Converged MPLS Network.

Resource capacity upgrade on demand.

Contact us today to sign up for CISI Kenya Virtualized Cloud Hosting Solutions.

Any customer wanting to host an on-line application, a web site or even an internal business system can take advantage of one of the world’s most comprehensive corporate hosting services available today offered by CISI Kenya.

Dedicated Cloud solutions offer each client their own separate server(s) and hardware sharing is avoided. Solution options include providing for a simple cloud hosting space, but can be upgraded and customized to include hardware, comprehensive server monitoring, backups and support, on request.

Dedicated Cloud Server Hosting Solution Features

Traffic Threshold.

24 x 7 Monitoring and Support.

Managed System Backup & Recovery.

Hardware monitoring.

Hardware rental options.

Open Access Policy.

Dedicated Cloud Server Hosting Solution Benefits

World Class Facilities.

Largest converged network.

Largest on-line business community.

Comprehensive Services.

Cost Effective & Highly customizable.

Support and hi-tech skills.

Contact us today for more information about our secure dedicated server hosting solutions.

CISI Kenya network of data centres offer unique co-location facilities for customers wanting to host in content rich, high density network facilities in Kenya, the African continent, London and the United States.

Our Server Co-location solution set offers a variety of co-location options ranging from standard racks, half and quarter racks, to customised vault solution which can ramp up to your individual power density requirements. The environments are fully access controlled and we vet customers and provide escorted access through to your environment.

CISI Kenya Server Co-location Cloud Services offered

CISI Kenya Cloud Virtual Data Centre

CISI Kenya Virtual Data Centre allows clients the flexibility to order, configure and provision data centre computing infrastructure as it is needed. This includes servers, storage, monitoring and connectivity components.With multiple, robust and content-rich data centres in in Kenya and around Africa - all of which meet top global standards - we’re able to help you extend your business into the cloud whilst boosting your operational capabilities and reducing costs.

CISI Kenya Cloud Managed Backup

CISI Kenya Cloud Managed services provide a daily backup and record changes to files since the previous day. This ensures a full data set is available for each day and reduces the amount of data to be transferred in the event of a restore.

Data restores are available via the agent and can be performed at any time. The system architecture incorporates the best-of-breed back-up technology and ensures consistent and reliable data protection.

CISI Kenya Shared Rack Space

Shared rack space is deployed as dedicated hardware within a chosen CISI Kenya partner data centre, with the option of client-owned or leased servers. CISI Kenyas’ Shared Rack Space solution also enables connections to the hosting network to serve traffic to the Internet or the client’s MPLS network.

CISI Kenya provides Domain registration and Domain transfer services to individuals, companies, NGO's, government agencies among others. Domain registration is the process of reserving and registering a unique identity to be used on the internet for websites and emails. Domain transfer is the process of changing domain registers while at the same time maintaining your current unique internet ID.

Some of the Top Level and Country domains we register include:

.com- commercial businesses; this is the most common TLD

.gov- U.S. government agencies

.edu- Educational institutions such as universities

.org- Organizations (mostly nonprofit)

.mil- Military

.net- Network organizations

.co - business, brand or blog

.co.ke - business, brand or blog especialy based in Kenya

.or.ke - Organizations (mostly nonprofit) based in Kenya

.ac.ke - Academic organizations based in Kenya

.sc.ke - School organizations based in Kenya

.go.ke - Government organizations in Kenya have to be approved organizations

.info.ke - business, brand or blog especialy based in Kenya

.co.ug - business, brand or blog especialy based in Uganda

.or.ug - Organizations (mostly nonprofit) based in Uganda

.us - business, brand or blog especialy based in USA

.co.uk - business, brand or blog especialy based in

.eu - business, brand or blog especialy based in the European Union

.mobi - business, brand or blog especialy mobile based

.events - business, brand or blog in the events space

.limited - business, brand or blog

.business - business, brand

The list above contains some of the Top Level and Country domains we can register and transfer. Should you need a domain using some of this extensions listed above please contact us. Should your preferred extension not be listed above please contact us we will advice.

Marketing automation refers to software platforms and technologies designed for marketing departments and organizations to more effectively market on multiple channels online (such as email, social media, websites, etc.) and automate repetitive tasks.

Our Marketing Automation System Features

Lead Management

Effortlessly track both anonymous and known leads. The system provides in-depth and detailed lead tracking including page views, time spent on site, and specific interests. Once you’ve begun tracking, you can nurture those leads with an array of powerful processes and the system makes it easy.

Lead Nurturing & Tracking

The system provides in-depth and detailed lead tracking along with powerful lead nurturing tools to provide businesses with the tools needed to organize their marketing campaigns. Lead tracking provides page views, time spent on site, and specific interests.

The system takes lead nurturing one step further by allowing businesses to create any type of additional custom field for a lead. Using deeply integrated API’s it is possible to tie your CRM fields direct to your lead fields.

Campaign Marketing & Drip flow Programs

Campaigns and drip programs are critical to any good marketing automation program. The system comes with flexible, easy-to-use campaign management and drip program creation. Create a campaign and define actions and events which leads will follow. Automate the process of connecting with leads and nurturing them along the sales funnel.

The system lets businesses define multiple outcome processes and set both date triggered actions as well as activity triggered actions.

Email Marketing

Send personalized emails to your leads. Mass email marketing with no sending limits. Also integrate with existing third-party solutions. Watch email opening, track clicks, and send follow-ups based on user decisions all with The system and email marketing.

Flexible, easy-to-use campaign management and drip program creation. Build a campaign and define the actions and events your leads will follow. Automate the process of connecting with leads and nurturing them along the sales funnel.

Use the data gathered from each of your campaigns to improve your marketing efforts. Detailed feedback of campaign reports let you improve and perfect your marketing.

Landing Pages and Assets

Marketing automation uses landing pages to help capture key information from site visitors. The system lets businesses create stunning and unique landing pages easily through the integrated page builder. These landing pages provide key information to help monitor site traffic and also allows download monitoring for asset management.

All of these resources working together create a personal profile on each site visitor tailored to their interests and needs and provide businesses with relevant information for building a strong profile.

Integrated Solutions

Open source allows for unlimited integrations and customizations. The system integrates with dozens of solutions and can be easily extended via a powerful API.

Complete Control of your Data

You control your data with The system. No third-party services charging you to access your own information and keeping track of your data. Your leads are your leads.

Social Media Marketing

Engage your leads through powerful social media marketing. Listen to your target audience and interact directly with them on their social media platform. Build your lead lists from social mentions, hash tags, keywords and more. Active social network marketing built into your campaigns.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Base Features

Base Finance Features:

General Ledger (chart of accounts with totaling, grouping and drill-down, general journals, multi-currency, VAT facilities, recurring journals, and source codes. It also includes facilities for internal and external reporting.)

Cash Management (unlimited number of bank accounts in any currency, integrated to G/L and other ledgers, bank account reconciliation and cheque writing).

Sales and Receivables

Maintain customers/donors and their invoices and payments in multiple currencies, and support sales quotes, orders, and invoicing fully integrated to the G/L and approvals. It enhances credit control and donor reporting by offering a myriad of reports and history & traceability of posted transactions including cash receipt of various types.)

Purchases and Payables

Maintain supplier accounts in multiple currencies, support purchase requisitions, supplier quotes, purchase orders and invoicing that are fully integrated to the G/L and approvals. Also features payment journals, requisition management, returns to supplier, and assigning purchasers.

Fixed Assets

Keep track of fixed assets such as buildings, machinery, and equipment. It features automatic depreciation functions, allocation and asset reclassifications and is fully integrated to purchase and sales and G/L to allow purchase of assets and disposal respectively. Various reports available.

Basic Inventory

This is used to keep track of items and consumables. It is usually used with Sales and Receivables and Purchases and Payables and is integrated to the G/L. Offers locations, location transfers of items, item budgets and a load of other related functionality and analysis reports.

Human Resource Management

This is used to keep track of employees. It offers leave management, recruitment, training, accident registration and more, including a number of reports to help with HR functions.

Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Benefits

Facilitate Better Teamwork and Partnership

Sure Step provides a consistent approach, tools, and templates allowing you to facilitate distributed implementations through better teamwork across multiple geographies and time zones for a better customer experience.

Sure Step helps document procedures and roles for each phase of a project to provide a paper trail should issues arise.

Sure Step is flexible and customizable; CISI Kenya can add your own methods, best practices, and IP.

Sure Step Methodology and Sure Step Tools will help your end-users learn what it takes to implement Microsoft Dynamics solutions and how to seamlessly integrate project management components that are critical to a successful project.

Boost Satisfaction

The Sure Step Methodology and Sure Step Tools help communication through high-quality services – from initial deployment through the life of the Microsoft Dynamics solution.By following specific, proven processes in the Sure Step Methodology, CISI Kenya and your organization can properly set expectations.Best practices that include vision and scope documents, project planning, and cost estimations will help prepare your organization for the project and allow effective budgeting.

Our web based and mobile data collection system can be used to collect data in the field more easily to a central server location.

The system consists of two parts the first part is the form design part to design forms to be used in collecting information from the field. The second part is the data collection part this involves the collection of data from the field by data collectors using a web interface or and android app.

Web Based Data Collection System Features

Form design portal to design custom forms.

Android App for data collection.

Ability to collect data offline then upload the data to the central server once a good connection is established.

Data visualization using simple custom graphs.

Ability to perform more analysis on the data using other software.

Strong API to enable connectivity with other systems.

Ability to integrate biometric systems for user authentication and to ensure that no two people are surveyed by collection the respondents fingerprints.

Ability for the software to be customized to meet the user’s needs, requirements and wants.

Ability to collect the location where the data was collected.

Ability to export data to excel, csv, xml, pdf and other formats.

User management to enable assignment of rights to users that determine what the users can do and view within the system.

Secure login system using passwords that can be extended to use biometrics and two factor authentication.

Benefits of the Web Based Data Collection System

Secure data collection.

Ability to create and customized data collection forms and questions.

Ability to distinguish between respondents by taking the respondents finger prints or photo or both during the data collection process.

Ability to integrate with other systems thought the powerful API system.

Simple data visualization providing basic reporting built within the system

Ability to manage user rights ensuring they only access what they need.

Fast and real-time data collection.

Services Offered by CISI Kenya

Web Based Data Collection System implementation.

Web Based Data Collection System customization of the system to meet the business needs,

Zimbra an advanced enterprise-class email, calendar and collaboration solution. Zimbra offers the most innovative messaging experience available today, connecting end users to the information and activity in their personal clouds.

Our Zimbra Email Server solutions can be implemented on premise or on the cloud at one of the data centers we work with.